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  The recent history of governments vs. the Internet

• EU regulators ask for feedback on state aid for broadband

  By Jennifer Baker | 01 June, 2012 14:45

  Europe's lawmakers have asked for feedback on its proposed new rules on allocating state aid to fund broadband networks.

• Report: Obama ordered Stuxnet attacks on Iran

  By Grant Gross | 01 June, 2012 13:46

  U.S. President Barack Obama ordered the Stuxnet cyberattacks on Iran in an effort to slow the country's development of a nuclear program, according to a report in The New York Times.

• Online services increased their effort to protect user data, EFF says

  By Loek Essers | 01 June, 2012 12:13

  While some online services are stepping up their efforts to protect private user data from government requests, there is plenty room for improvement, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) said on Thursday. It is time for all companies that hold private user data to make public commitments to defend their users against government overreach, the foundation said.

• Google now highlights censored search terms for users in China

  By Michael Kan | 01 June, 2012 05:22

  Google on Thursday began helping users in China navigate the country's strict censorship systems by highlighting search terms that will likely result in page errors, as part of an update to the company's search engine. But the new feature could be arriving too late to help the search giant improve its presence in the country, according to one analyst.

• US tech leaders fear proposed Internet regulations, taxes at ITU meeting

  By Grant Gross | 31 May, 2012 19:29

  A meeting of the United Nations' International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in December could lead to broad new regulations of the Internet, including per-click taxes, if U.S. and other delegations don't work hard to oppose proposals, U.S. officials and Internet governance experts told lawmakers Thursday.

• ACTA agreement gets thumbs down in EU Parliament

  By Jennifer Baker | 31 May, 2012 16:08

  There are three more nails in ACTA's coffin as three European Parliament committees on Thursday voted to reject the international anti-piracy agreement, ACTA.

• Germany taken to court for failing to implement data retention

  By Jennifer Baker | 31 May, 2012 14:35

  European authorities have taken Germany to court for failing to implement the E.U. Data Retention Directive.

• Proposal aims to improve EU software repository system

  By Loek Essers | 31 May, 2012 13:46

  The European Commission wants to improve its free and open-source software repository system using an enhanced metadata specification meant to help E.U. countries exchange more information about their free and open-source software projects.

• Best in class

  By Brian Corrigan | 23 July, 2008 12:07

  What are the differences and similarities between the role of a CIO within a large corporate and a state education department?

• SOPA and PIPA: Just the Facts

  By Jared Newman | 19 January, 2012 01:31

  The Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act are getting more negative attention, as major websites such as Wikipedia plan to protest the bills with blackouts on Wednesday. Even Google will join the action, with a link on its homepage explaining why the company opposes the legislation.

• Lost hard drive and other government data blunders

  By JR Raphael | 21 May, 2009 10:16

  The U.S. government says it's lost - yes, lost - an entire hard drive full of sensitive data. The external drive, stored at the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, held personal data from the Clinton era, including information about White House staff and visitors and electronic storage tapes from the Executive Office of the President.